"Over the course of 18 months, Associated Press journalists located men held in cages, tracked ships and stalked refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia. The reporters’ dogged effort led to the release of more than 2,000 slaves and traced the seafood they caught to supermarkets and pet food providers across the U.S. For this investigation, AP has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The articles are presented here in their entirety." | Many of us can trace back our acknowledgment and recognition that labor trafficking and modern-day slavery are real to an eye-opening investigative series of reports by AP in 2015 and 2016. |
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